
86 Chapter 3
Basic Digital Operation
Local Settings for ARB Waveform Formats and the Dual ARB Player
SCPI Command Changes
New SCPI commands have been developed for the C.03.10 firmware release that lets you set
the three parameters discussed earlier for each ARB modulation format and the dual ARB
player. Commands have also been changed for the three parameters in the Digital Modulation
subsystem to accommondate the local setting feature. The new commands behave similar to
the softkeys discussed in the previous section. The main difference is that you can set new
values for the three parameters that reside in the I/Q and/or mux menus while an ARB
modulation format is active, however the new settings will not be applied to the signal
generator until the ARB format is turned off. Then they are used only if a real-time
modulation format is turned on or an external I/Q signal is applied to the ESG.
The pre-C.03.10 Digital Modulation subsystem filter and attenuator commands will still work
implementing the same behavior, in that they apply changes globally. This means that if you
had implemented a local setting for an ARB format using the new commands, and then
executed the older commands from the Digital Modulation subsystem, the older commands
would override your local settings.
ARB Sample Clock
Each ARB modulation format and the dual ARB player incorporate a local ARB sample clock
parameter. For example, you can set the ARB cdma2000 modulation format’s ARB sample
rate to 5 MHz, and this parameter would apply only to the ARB cdma2000 waveform that is
currently playing. The 5 MHz setting would not be reflected in any of the other ARB
modulation formats or the dual ARB player. If you were to turn-off the cdma2000 ARB format
and then turn it back on, the factory setting would be applied until you once again change the
ARB sample clock value. This setting can be saved to the header file. In this way you can set
the ARB sample clock while in the ARB modulation format, and have that same setting
applied when the waveform is selected for play-back in the dual ARB player.
The accessibility and setting of the ARB sample clock differs between the ARB modulation
formats and the dual ARB player. Within the ARB formats, this parameter can be changed
only when the format is active (on). Any value you enter while the format is active, will be
replaced with the factory optimized value when the format is turned off and then back on.
While the ARB format is off, the
ARB Sample Clock softkey is grayed-out. In the dual ARB
player, the ARB sample clock setting is accessible even when the dual ARB is off. You can also
set the ARB sample clock while it is off and the new setting is applied when the dual ARB
player is turned on. This setting will survive toggling the dual ARB player off and on.
Figure 3-12 on page 85 shows the location for the
ARB Sample Clock softkey which is on the
first page of the
ARB Setup softkey menu. Even though the figure is for the ARB W-CDMA
modulation format, the key path is the same for all ARB formats and the dual ARB player.
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